Fade Route With “Landmarks” Frees WRs, Opens Up Passing Lanes
IF YOU WATCH kids playing pick-up football, you see that the most popular pass route is the “fade,” straight down the field going deep. Why? A well-t…
Inside, Outside Veer Combination Difficult For Defenses To Stop
OVER THE PAST few years, football has changed. Coaches have shied away from the triple option and the power running game. The “air-it-out” attack is…
Bringing Pressure On The Weak Side Can Wreck An Offense
TWO YEARS AGO, our staff met and decided that in order to compete with the talented teams on our schedule, we had to get as much speed on the field a…
Battle-Tested Strategies To Stop The Spread Split Gun Offense
ONE OF THE PASSING formations that had been giving our team the most trouble was the Spread Split Gun. To combat this formation, we developed an aggr…
Sustaining A Successful High School Program With Limited Teacher Representation
FOR THE PAST 30 years, our football program has had only two losing seasons. When you consider that 16 of those 30 years have had only limited teache…
How To Indoctrinate New Players Into Your Program
MOST COACHES DILIGENTLY prepare to teach techniques and install plays for the early practices. From a technical standpoint, coaches usually enter the…
“Twist” and “Sell-The-Farm” Punt-Block Defenses Can Change Course Of The Game
MANY COACHES AGREE that the punt is the most important and most dangerous play in football. A long punt return or a blocked punt can completely chang…
Spread Right, 80 Tarheel (Double-Screen)
DIAGRAM: This is a great double-screen play that’s been effective for our team. The QB reads the right defensive end. If the DE crashes, the QB hits…
Push Pass (Fake Punt)
DIAGRAM: This is a terrific fake punt and pass, set up well by what looks like a fake run by the personal protector. It’s best used in situations whe…
Wing Right, Over Wap, 36 W-Wham
DIAGRAM: This play is complementary to our toss scheme out of the same formation. The offensive line executes basic zone blocking on both the play si…
Strong Right, 118 Throwback
DIAGRAM: This is a great play to use anywhere on the field, but it’s especially effective near the goal line. The players assignments and responsibil…
Zone-Blitz Package Brings The Heat
MANY COACHES WHO do not have the athletes or the speed to play man coverage are very limited in their blitz package. While we were previously limited…
“Outlaw” Series Tough For Defenses To Capture
THE OUTLAW SERIES is not used as our base offense. But it’s extremely effective as a “sudden change” play or good to use right before the half so tha…
Off-Season Is Critical Strategizing Time
YOU’VE PACKED up the tackling dummies, sent the helmets out for reconditioning and begged for more dollars for your weightroom. Now that you have tim…